Comments on: Simple Ideas, Great Usability http://www.rubyrailways.com/simple-ideas-great-usability/ Experiences with Ruby and Rails, Web2.0 and other development technologies Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:05:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: freckle: time tracking rethought » Blog Archive » Calamity howlers & positively selecting with surprise http://www.rubyrailways.com/simple-ideas-great-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-99875 freckle: time tracking rethought » Blog Archive » Calamity howlers & positively selecting with surprise Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:04:17 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=213#comment-99875 <p>[...] And so when you come across our solution, you’ll smile. You might write us a nice little something about [...]</p> [...] And so when you come across our solution, you’ll smile. You might write us a nice little something about [...]

]]> By: peter http://www.rubyrailways.com/simple-ideas-great-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-99848 peter Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:48:22 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=213#comment-99848 <p>@Derek: agreed!</p> @Derek: agreed!

]]> By: Derek http://www.rubyrailways.com/simple-ideas-great-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-99844 Derek Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:46:22 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=213#comment-99844 <p>Agree with Hongli Lai. A confirmation pw field would be ideal. A three field system still beats out most account creation forms out there.</p> Agree with Hongli Lai. A confirmation pw field would be ideal. A three field system still beats out most account creation forms out there.

]]> By: peter http://www.rubyrailways.com/simple-ideas-great-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-99794 peter Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:45:24 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=213#comment-99794 <p>@Hongli - yes, I guess so - so probably they should combine this with the 1st idea :-) (if you manage to log in at least once, you can set up your e-mail and reset your password using that).</p> <p>I am willing to take the risk of mistyping the password (which rarely happens - I don't remember it ever happening to me) if I'll be facing such simple signup forms in the future...</p> @Hongli - yes, I guess so - so probably they should combine this with the 1st idea :-) (if you manage to log in at least once, you can set up your e-mail and reset your password using that).

I am willing to take the risk of mistyping the password (which rarely happens - I don’t remember it ever happening to me) if I’ll be facing such simple signup forms in the future…

]]> By: Hongli Lai http://www.rubyrailways.com/simple-ideas-great-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-99793 Hongli Lai Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:36:31 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=213#comment-99793 <p>But what happens if, when signing up for ycombinator, I mistyped my password? Does that mean my desired username becomes unusable and taken forever?</p> But what happens if, when signing up for ycombinator, I mistyped my password? Does that mean my desired username becomes unusable and taken forever?

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